Melanoides tuberculata

Melanoides tuberculatа

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cerithioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea

Familia: Thiaridae
Genus: Melanoides
Species: Melanoides tuberculata

Name

• Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)

Synonymy

• Nerita tuberculata Müller, 1774
• Melanoides tuberculatus (Müller, 1774)
• Thiara tuberculata (Müller, 1774)
• Thiara tuberculatus (Müller, 1774)
• Melania tuberculata (Müller, 1774)
• Melanoides fasciolata Olivier, 1804

References

• Christensen, C.C. 2014: Melania baldwini Ancey, 1899, synonymized with Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae). Bishop Museum occasional papers, 115: 33–34. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Krailas, D. et al. 2014: Trematodes obtained from the thiarid freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) as vector of human infections in Thailand. Zoosystematics and evolution 90(1): 57–86. DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.7306 Reference page. 
• Müller, O. F. (1774) Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. - pp. I-XXXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. (Heineck & Faber).
• 2011: Zootaxa, 2799: 15–28. Preview

Vernacular names

English: Red-rimmed melania
русский: Мелания

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